“If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire war before her 18th birthday, you can get out of bed.”
“Now I know how Joan of Arc felt.”
“Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.”
“For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter.”
“My niece just turned one. I gave her a birthday card that read, "If you can read this, Happy Birthday!”
“(...) next year she would have another birthday, and if she just remembered to get into bed left foot first and to turn the pillow over before she went to sleep, who knows what might happen?”